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Nikita Nikitin has signed with the KHL's Avangard Omsk.

Nikitin had an assist in 11 games with Edmonton last season. He also spent part of the campaign in the AHL where he recorded 14 points in 30 contests. This is a homecoming for him as Nikitin is from Omsk and played with the squad from 2003-10. Sep 16 - 5:12 PM

The unrestricted free agent hasn't agreed to terms with a team in the NHL or one in Europe yet. Nikitin spent 30 games with Bakersfield of the AHL and 11 matches with Edmonton in 2015-16. Jul 30 - 12:03 PM

Nikita Nikitin will be a healthy scratch in Monday's game against the Anaheim Ducks.

So will Luke Gazdic and Iiro Pakarinen. Nikitin has one assist and a minus-5 rating in 11 games with the Oilers this season. None of these three players should be on your fantasy radar going forward. Mar 28 - 9:02 PM

Depth Charts

Connor McDavid had a lot to say about Philadelphia's Brandon Manning after Thursday's game.

Manning was involved in the incident that led to McDavid suffering a broken collarbone last season. The play looked more like an unfortunate accident rather than Manning intentionally trying to injure McDavid. McDavid and Manning were seen exchanging words after McDavid had scored a goal. "I did all I could defending him last year in the media. Everyone wanted to make a big deal saying he did it on purpose, and they wanted me to to say some comments today (morning) about what went on last year," said McDavid. "I thought it was one of the (most) classless things I’ve ever seen on the ice. He said some things. I guess we can put the whole if he did it on purpose thing to rest because what he said out there kind of confirmed that. Shows what kind of guy he is the way he doesn’t step up and fight some of our guys." After hearing McDavid's comments, Manning denied having intentionally tried to hurt him.

Drake Caggiula is heating up, as he collected his first two-point game of his young career.

The rookie center is now up to four helpers and five poitns in just 10 games through Tuesday's 4-3 loss to Buffalo. He also saw 17:42 of ice time, easily the most of the season for him. If he can keep this up, the Oilers will be able to argue they have the most talented line of centermen in the game.

Mark Letestu collected his third career three-point game during Thursday's 6-3 win over the Jets.

The veteran pivot hadn't pulled the feat since March. With his two goals he also posted his seventh career multi-goal game, unfortunately he's yet to pull off the hat trick. Letestu has four goals and nine points in 22 games this season.

Lucic picked up his eighth tally of the season during Tuesday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Sabres. It gives him 20 points in 28 games this season. He also led the team with six shots on net. While the veteran power forward is shooting below his 14.6% career shooting percentage, he's still well on his way to his second straight and fifth career 20-plus goal season.

Anton Slepyshev, Tyler Pitlick and David Musil will each be scratched against the Flyers on Thursday.

Unfortunately there isn't a lick of fantasy value between the three of them. Musil is up as a warm body, while Slepyshev and Pitlick have posted just eight goals and 11 points in 40 combined games thus far.

Jordan Eberle potted his first goal in eight games on Tuesday against the Sabres.

The goal gives him eight on the season with 21 points to boot over 28 games this season. The young veteran however recorded just four helpers during the cold streak, achieved in just two separate games.

Leon Draisaitl scored a goal and two assists in Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.

This was a weird game. The Oilers jumped out to a 2-0 in the first period, but found themselves down 3-2 at one point in the second period. Edmonton managed to go up 5-3 in the third period, but they eventually gave up three unanswered goals to close out the game. Draisaitl scored the first goal of the game and he added primary assists on goals by Connor McDavid and Benoit Pouliot. He has 12 goals and 13 assists in 29 games this season.

Kassian has two points in his last three games after going on a 15 contest scoring drought. "At the end of the day, our job is to defend well and play hard and create energy. The points are a bonus," Kassian said. "When we do chip in offensively, it’s a bonus and it helps the team, but if at the end of the night if we don’t get a goal … that’s not what we look at. Were we physical? Were we hard to play against? Did we create energy? Did we get on the forecheck? Those are the things on a night to night basis that we need to be good at." Kassian does have some offensive potential, but if you're taking him in a standard fantasy league then odds are you're looking at his PIM. He has six points and 34 penalty minutes in 24 contests this season.

It's official, Tyler Pitlick will be scratched in favor of Matt Hendricks on Sunday against the Coyotes.

Through 22 games this season the 25-year-old has six goals and seven points along with 51 hits. His average time on ice has been shaved by nearly three minutes this season, however. He's now under 10 per game, which indicates how little the coaching staff trusts him.

The former first round pick is getting hot as the Oilers are starting to pick up the pace once again after a slump that saw them go 2-7-1 recently. Klefbom was goalless in his previous 27 games going back to last season so the streak has come at a great time for his confidence. "I was almost a little frustrated after 10, 11, 12 games," Klefbom said. "I was hitting some posts and not getting the bounces some games. But I’m really happy with today." He now has seven points this season but as far as fantasy is concerned he has yet to take a minor penalty. If you don't play the stat that is amazing but it doesn't help your squad if you do.

The Edmonton Oilers have a much better record with Kris Russell in the lineup than without him.

The Oilers are 9-3-1 this season with a healthy Russell and 2-5 when he was out with a lower body injury. He has three assists in 13 games with a plus-six rating so you shouldn't be jumping to put him in your fantasy lineup.

Brandon Davidson (upper body) is seven-ten days away from returning to the Oilers lineup.

The defenseman was slew footed by Matthew Tkachuk in the season opener and is now skating and looking forward to a return to the lineup. He had four goals and 11 points last season in 51 games so he has some offensive upside in very deep leagues.

Simpson logged 7:47 minutes and had a plus-one rating in Edmonton's 6-5 loss to Philadelphia. "Back on draft day, I said I’d always been a die-hard Oiler fan and it was a dream come true that I was drafted by them," said Simpson. "This is another step in the process." He's the son of former NHLer Craig Simpson, who played in 634 NHL games with 419 of them being for Edmonton.

This game had four lead changes, but the Flyers ended up coming out on top. The 32-year-old has a 1-2-1 record with a 2.90 goals-against-average and a .893 save percentage this season. He has no fantasy value.